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. 2023 Apr 24;8:3. doi: 10.1186/s41073-023-00128-2

Table 2.

Outcomes related to cost of peer-review for scientific publications (n = 308)

Outcome Per manuscript Per person, per year
Number of manuscripts (median, (IQR))
 Initial review - 6 (3–10)
 Re-review - 3 (2–6)
Time (hours; median, (IQR))
 Initial review 4 (3–6) 24 (18–36)
 Re-review 2 (1–2) 6 (3–9)
Cost (salary*time)
 Wage-cost of initial review US$179 US$1015
 Wage-cost of re-review US$72 US$256
Total wage cost US$1272

Participants were asked about number of manuscripts for the year 2020

IQR Interquartile range